Is Crystal City known for being crap, or was that just a joke?

Bummer about not finding the tunnels till the last day.

Sorry, didn’t mean to shit on TN. To be fair we were towards the end of a long trip so we may have just been ready to be home!

Loved the blue line. So wonderful! We have so many good memories of our trip.

Hope your trip was as great as ours!

Deal! Can’t beat the tortillas.

Thanks!

Interesting. Thanks for explaining.

Really? How so?

Thanks for the tips!

Thanks!

Wow, had no idea. What is reduced? It felt like we never had to wait for a train more than 5 minutes.

HEB is the best.

I stayed in green belt many years ago on a trip with my girlfriend at the time. What a lovely area.

Air and Space was fantastic. About half of it is still closed for construction so we didn’t get to see a big chunk of it.

Thanks!

We flew to DC, then rented a car for the return trip so we could see Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Blue Ridge Mountains and Smokies were gorgeous. Virginia was beautiful. Really loved Virginia. Tennessee was mediocre, which I didn’t expect. Thought I’d love it, but liked Virginia more.

There’s a Rudy’s right outside my neighborhood in Texas. Damn good.

Thanks for the welcome!

We knew nothing. We wanted a Marriott. Side all my points are through Marriott from work. My wife found Crystal City and that it was connected by tunnels to the Metro. We had no idea if that would be super great, or dingy crap holes.

When we got there we looked up a local Chick-fil-A to get some Dr Pepper, as good Texans do. That led to some shop tunnels, but we quickly learned those weren’t the ones connected to the Metro. We decided to go exploring so we’d know what we were doing the next day. Found the right tunnels and walked to the Metro entrance and bought 3-day passes. I had downloaded the Metro app and knew that the Mall and Arlington could be reached on Blue line stops. For the zoo I knew we had to transfer at Metro Center to get on the red line.

So…we just figured it out as we went! We’re big planners so we tried to know as much as possible in advance. The different colored lines, plus the naming being the last stop the train is headed towards, made it seem pretty easy.

Nice! If I lived there and was anywhere near a metro I would sell my vehicle too.

The snow happened as we were driving through Virginia. Wasn’t in the forecast, came out of no where. Absolutely beautiful. And the state itself was great, we’d never been to Virginia.

Crystal City Marriott. Lovely stay, basement tunnel led right to Metro Blue line. Other way in the tunnel led to some restaurants. Fantastic location for tourists.

We caught some right outside the airport, but were bummed we missed the majority. My daughter especially wanted to see them.

Thanks buddy! I don’t think we’ll live up there, but it was wonderful to visit. And we will likely come up there to visit in the future!

Nice! I’ll give it a try next time we visit.

I had to check my guns at the border.

Greg Abbott is a piece of shit.

I’m imagining someone on Reddit is going to read that, and be a huge fan of the mayor, and be pissed. For the record I have no idea if she’s good/bad, liberal/conservative, etc.

I was in DC once in around 96 for a class trip? So don’t really remember much of that trip since I was shuttled around by teachers.

No real preconceived notions. Houston is a massive city, so I know that one part of a city can be a shitshow while other parts are wonderful. Had no idea what to expect getting around the touristy areas (will there be pickpockets trying to steal your stuff?). And knew absolutely nothing about navigating the tunnels or subways. I looked up as much as I could online and downloaded the transit apps.

We’re not your typical Texans in many ways, as many Texans like to shit on places like DC. I expected it to have pros/cons just like any other place. But again, our experience was overwhelmingly positive. Except Hertz rental at Union Station. That place freaking sucks.

I’m sorry, is this a poor person thing? I’m not familiar with potholes. Let me go ask my helicopter chauffeur if he knows what that is.